Barcode / Jordan Frith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frith, Jordan, author.

Series:

Object lessons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bar coding--History.

Bar coding.

Bar coding--Computer programs.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

Summary:

"Arcodes are one of the most ignored yet impactful objects of the last fifty years, and they have a much more interesting and controversial history than most people realize"-- Provided by publisher.

"Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and they impact everything from how we shop to how we travel to how the global economy is managed. But few people likely give them more than a second thought. In a way, the barcode's ordinariness is the ultimate symbol of its success. However, behind the mundanity of the barcode lies an important history. Barcodes bridged the gap between physical objects and digital databases and paved the way for the contemporary Internet of Things, the idea to connect all devices to the web. They were highly controversial at points, protested by consumer groups and labor unions, and used as a symbol of dystopian capitalism and surveillance in science fiction and art installations. This book tells the story of the barcode's complicated history and examines how an object so crucial to so many parts of our lives became more ignored and more ordinary as it spread throughout the world" -- Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Frith, Jordan. Barcode

ISBN:

9781501399916

1501399918

OCLC:

1379189869

Publisher Number:

99995400460